Is Chocolate Really Healthier Than Fruits?

Chocolate are often used as ‘medicine’ to eliminate stress and improve mood. Not only does it taste delicious, it is also known to have many health benefits.
Researchers at the Center for Health and Nutrition of Hershey declared that chocolate is worthy of the title ’super fruit’. From studies in laboratory, it is known that chocolate have many antioxidant.
The level of polyphenols and flavonoids in one gram of cocoa powder is more than the ones in fruits used to make juice.
Experts discover that cocoa beans (origin of chocolate) has extraordinary nutrition with macronutrient content, according to medindia.
The findings, which were published in the Chemical Journal, showed that dark chocolate and cocoa powder contain higher flavonoids and polyphenols than fruit juice.
Antioxidants are found in fruits such as grapes, strawberries and pomegranates, some types of juice, dark chocolate, green tea and red wine. Antioxidants are compounds that will fight cell damaging free radicals. When the body lacks antioxidants, it can cause health problems.
However, other experts assessed the phrase ’super fruit’ not true and is just created by chocolate makers as part of marketing. Because, there is no single type of food that contains all the essential nutrients.